A colleague to 文殊菩萨 Manjusri Bodhisattva (Guardian for Rabbit), is 普贤菩萨 Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, Guardian for Dragon and Snake.
While 文殊菩萨 Manjusri is more about wisdom, 普贤菩萨 Samantabhadra is more about deeds -- aka taking action.
The interesting thing about the Lotus version, once again, look closely at the background, is full of footprints. And the footprints are imprinted with the Buddhism swastika 卍, symbolizing the auspicious footprints of the Buddha.
Some sources say that a person makes about 35,000 choices daily, both conscious and unconscious ones. Of course, some are more important than others. BUT also we know, life's destiny is an accumulation and tally of good and bad choices. Even with great knowledge, one is not definitively certain that a choice is entirely correct. You might have seen others making so terrible choices, but somehow by a twist of fate, the results turned out to be wonderful.
What we can seek, is to be blessed at the steps we take. Every footprint we make on our journey, let it be auspicious, and blessed by amazing energy and luck.
The Buddhism swastika 卍 is pronounced as "wan" is Chinese, which is similar-sounding to "万" (meaning: ten-thousand, plenty, all). "足", which refers to footprints, also means abundance. When your footprint is imprinted with 卍, it means abundance in every solid step you take.
May those who receive blessings from 普贤菩萨 Samantabhadra Bodhisattva be 卍事足 (万事足) abundant in all things.
-- Kan, Executive Director
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